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Painting by Mrs. Robert E. Lee Presents An Intriguing Mystery

by Dorothy Love6/21/201610/13/2016

Nine years ago, the Alexander Gallery in Manhattan acquired a portrait painted by Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Who is the girl in the painting and what was her relationship with Mrs. Lee?

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Why is There a Park in Baltimore Named for Robert E. Lee?

by Mr. History9/17/20154/12/2016

Why does Baltimore, Maryland, have a park named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee?

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Robert E. Lee Faces Congress

by Peter Carlson7/21/201510/19/2016

The senator began his interrogation with an innocuous question: “Where is your present residence?” […]

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What was Robert E. Lee’s Initial Strategy?

by Gerald Swick6/16/20154/12/2016

What was Robert E. Lee’s initial strategy going into the Civil War? Christina ? […]

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What was Robert E. Lee’s Real Plan on the Third Day of Gettysburg?

by Gerald Swick11/13/20144/12/2016

What was Lee’s real plan on Day 3 at Gettysburg? It seems to me […]

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Dignity in Defeat: Mathew Brady’s Photos of Robert E. Lee

by Robert Wilson10/31/20132/14/2024

Why did Robert E. Lee sit for photographer Mathew Brady so soon after Appomattox?

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Why Didn’t Robert E. Lee Attack Washington After Chancellorsville?

by Gerald Swick8/29/20131/19/2016

Dear Sir, Just finished reading TIME Magazine’s “Gettysburg: A Day-by-day account of the greatest […]

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Is Robert E. Lee the Second-Most-Written-About American?

by Gerald Swick6/18/20131/19/2016

There have been over 16,000 books written about an American, according to the Wall […]

Robert E. Lee’s Surrender

Facts, information and articles about the surrender of Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee’s […]

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